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Originally Posted by Shoeless' Socks
The gulf between aces and other SP on 19 is IMO too big. It doesn't mimic real life. MOST pitchers in MLB have ERAs in the 4.00s, high 4.00s if they are 'not great'.
Your 'not great' SP in OOTP 19 will have ghastly ERAs.
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I think this is because OOTP 19 generates too many flyball pitchers and lacks any sort of coordinated way to teach young pitchers new pitches.
MLB SP are throwing more and more ground ball pitches every year and teams are shifting more and more to enable easy ground outs on those ground ball hits, which is driving down era by a few points.
Add to that the still relatively rapid decline of pitchers and it's easy to find minor league tier talent holding down middle of the rotation roles in fictional OOTP seasons, simply because reliable starters don't last long enough for every team to have some of them.